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Overview

  • 25 references 18 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Turkish; learning German
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • English language teacher & Tennis player/trainer
  • ✔graduated from English Language Teaching at Uludağ Unive...
  • From Karadeniz Ereğli, Zonguldak, Türkiye
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

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ABOUT ME

I'd say... calm, passionate, both rational and romantic, understanding and sensitive.. and a bit obstinate at times (depending on some people's attitudes) :)

Interests

playing/training/watching and competing in tennis, reading books, listening to music, watching films, traveling around the world, meeting new people, sharing moments and trying my best to make them unforgettable

  • film festivals
  • tennis
  • watching movies
  • reading books
  • doing sports
  • seeing new places
  • tasting new food

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite Films: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, A Short Film About Killing, A Short Film About Love, Three Colours, Otto e Mezzo (8½) , Der Himmel Über Berlin, Amour, Underground, Black Cat White Cat, Seven Samurai, Cast Away, Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption!, Coffee and Cigarettes, Stranger Than Paradise, The Unbearable Lightness Of Being, The Usual Suspects, Before The Rain, Buddha Collapsed Out Of Shame, Time of The Gypsies, Das Leben Der Anderen, Entre Les Murs, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Gadjo Dilo, Come and See, Good Bye Lenin, Into The Wild, Ladri di Biciclette, Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amelie Poulain, Little Miss Sunshine, Mary and Max, Michael Clayton, Moon, No Country For Old Men, Paris and Texas, Rachel Getting Married, Ratcatcher, Requiem For A Dream, Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom, Slumdog Millionaire, Taare Zameen Par, Taxidermia, The Assasination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, Seven, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Bucket List, The Reader, There Will Be Blood, Vozvrashcheniye!, Wicker Park, The Seventh Seal, Persona, 13 Tzameti, Ne Le Dis a Personne, Fight Club, Rosemary's Baby, Una Giornata Particolare, Stalker, Nostalghia, Once Upon A Time in Anatolia, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Land and Freedom, Looking For Eric, The Pianist, La Antena, Schindler's List, The King's Speech, The Remains of The Day, Den Brysomme Mannen, Les Quatre Cents Coups, Dogtooth, Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Ahlat Agaci, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Nomadland, Fargo, La Dolce Vita...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Crossing the Neretva River swimming against the strong current just beneath Mostar Bridge (Stari Most) in Bosnia Herzegovina

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

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